My eyes
ache when I see myself.
Therefore,
I often run behind anything that will camouflage my faults.
Yet, the
deeper I get consumed in God’s presence, the clearer I see who I truly am.
Knowing
this truth pains me.
Every
inch of me desires to flee and hide, to give myself covering from the
humiliation I feel.
While my
body pulls me away from my Father, there He is, gently nudging me toward His
embrace.
When I
submit to His kindness, I find my vision altered with lenses that hold love and
grace.
There my
Father gives me the eyes to see how He does.
Through
His work of transformation, He whispers to tell me that even though I cannot
escape my humanity, neither can I escape His love.
As I
rest more in the Father, the clearer I become, the clearer, He becomes – not
exposing only the failures but revealing how good He is despite them.
It is
then that I find that God’s presence is safe.
Therefore,
I am no longer ashamed to admit that I am flawed and broken because my Father
is gracious to love and restore me where I am.
Psalm 34
- lr
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